difuse-phone-android/CHANGELOG.md

Change Log

All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.

Group changes to describe their impact on the project, as follows:

Added for new features.
Changed for changes in existing functionality.
Deprecated for once-stable features removed in upcoming releases.
Removed for deprecated features removed in this release.
Fixed for any bug fixes.
Security to invite users to upgrade in case of vulnerabilities.

[5.1.0] - Unreleased

Added

• Showing short term presence for contacts whom publish it + added setting to disable it (enabled by default for sip.linphone.org accounts)
• Confirmation dialog before removing account

Changed

• Account EXPIRES is now set to 1 month instead of 1 year for sip.linphone.org accounts
• Replaced voice recordings file name by localized placeholder text, like for video conferences invitations
• Removed jetifier as it is not needed

[5.0.7] - 2023-02-27

Fixed

• Fixed navigating to a contact that doesn't have a native ID, but using it's SIP address instead
• Fixed account creator resolved country name & create button not enabled

Changed

• Updated translations

[5.0.6] - 2023-02-17

Fixed

• Wrong country displayed in assistant after picking it in the list if another country has the same international prefix (such as +1)
• SIP URI clickable pattern missing '~'
• Crash that happens sometimes when CallActivity is destroyed
• Pressing send message button while recording a voice message not sending it
• Missing ephemeral icon next to send message icon
• Headers colors in IMDN details
• Pixel issue in call quality indicator 2 icon

Changed

• Improved incoming call layout when receiving early-media video
• Hidden "Echo Tester" setting unless in debug mode as it can mislead user and isn't useful for end user

[5.0.5] - 2023-01-19

Fixed

• Issue with how replies where added to chat message notification from reply action

[5.0.4] - 2023-01-18

Added

• Show a progress bar while importing files to the chat sending area

Changed

• Prevent keyboard from auto-replacing some user input such as username, breaking SIP URIs unknowingly

Fixed

• Prevent copy of files that weren't sent in chat to be kept in app local folder

[5.0.3] - 2023-01-13

Added

• Voice message recording/playback will use bluetooth/headset/headphones/hearing aid device if available
• Chat message notifications are now compatible with Android Auto

Changed

• In video conference, when in active speaker layout, currently speaking participant miniature will be hidden
• Attach file, voice recording and send message icons are now a bit bigger
• Updated Firebase BoM, gradle & some dependencies

Fixed

• ANR happening sometimes during voice message playback

[5.0.2] - 2023-01-05

Changed

• Export files to native gallery is now available even if automatically download files setting is enabled

Fixed

• Makes sure sip.linphone.org accounts have a LIME X3DH server URL for E2E chat messages encryption
• Files not being exported to native gallery sometimes
• Crashes reported by Google Play Store & Crashlytics

[5.0.1] - 2022-12-16

Changed

• File transfer progress indication & error status improvements

Fixed

• Wrong LIME status for participant that has multiple devices
• No longer sends video when switching from audio only to another conference layout
• SIP URI regex pattern to prevent HTTP URLs containing '@' to be handled as SIP URI

[5.0.0] - 2022-12-06

Added

• Post Quantum encryption when using ZRTP
• Conference creation with scheduling, video, different layouts, showing who is speaking and who is muted, etc...
• Group calls directly from group chat rooms
• Chat rooms can be individually muted (no notification when receiving a chat message)
• When a message is received wait a short amount of time to check if more are to be received to notify them all at once
• Outgoing call video in early-media if requested by callee
• Image & Video in-app viewers allow for full-screen display
• Display name can be set during assistant when creating / logging in a sip.linphone.org account
• Android 13 support, using new post notifications & media permissions
• Call recordings can be exported
• Setting to prevent international prefix from account to be applied to call & chat
• Themed app icon is now supported for Android 13+

Changed

• In-call views have been re-designed
• "Media Encryption Mandatory" setting now allows for any media encryption (instead of only the one selected in the above setting previously)
• Improved how call logs are handled to improve performances
• Improved how contact avatars are generated
• 3-dots menu even for basic chat rooms with more options
• Phone numbers & email addresses are now clickable links in chat messages
• Go to call activity when you click on launcher icon if there is at least one active call

Fixed

• Multiple file download attempt from the same chat bubble at the same time needed app restart to properly download each file
• Call stopped when removing app from recent tasks
• Generated avatars in dark mode
• Call state in self-managed TelecomManager service if it takes longer to be created than the call to be answered
• Show service notification sooner to prevent crash if Core creation takes too long
• Incoming call screen not being showed up to user (& screen staying off) when using app in Samsung secure folder
• One to one chat room creation process waiting indefinitely if chat room already exists
• Contact edition (SIP addresses & phone numbers) not working due to original value being lost in Friend parsing
• Automatically start call recording
• "Blinking" in some views when presence is being received
• Trying to keep the preferred driver (OpenSLES / AAudio) when switching device
• Issues when storing presence in native contacts + potentially duplicated SIP addresses in contact details
• Chat room scroll position lost when going into sub-view
• Trim user input to remove any space at end of string due to keyboard auto completion
• No longer makes requests to our LIME server (end-to-end encryption keys server) for non sip.linphone.org accounts
• Fixed incoming call/notification not ringing if Do not Disturb mode is enabled except for favorite contacts

[4.6.14] - 2022-09-19

Fixed

• ANR that happens sometimes when playing voice recording

Changed

• Improved contact loader by querying only relevant fields

[4.6.13] - 2022-08-25

Fixed

• Disable Telecom Manager feature on Android < 10 to prevent crash due to Android 9 OS bug
• Fixed crash due to AAudio's waitForStateChange (SDK fix)

[4.6.12] - 2022-07-29

Fixed

• Call notification not being removed if service channel is disabled & background mode is enabled
• Wrong display name in chat notification sometimes
• Removed secure chat button if no LIME server configured or no conference factory URI set
• Disable TelecomManager feature when the device doesn't support it

Changed

• ContactsLoader have been updated, shouldn't crash anymore

[4.6.11] - 2022-06-27

Fixed

• Various crashes due to unhandled exceptions
• Echo canceller calibration not using speaker (SDK fix)

[4.6.10] - 2022-06-07

Fixed

• Fixed contact address used instead of identity address when creating a basic chat room from history or contact details
• Fixed call notification still visible after call ended on some devices
• Fixed incoming call activity not displayed on some devices
• Fixed Malaysian dial plan (SDK fix)
• Fixed incoming call ringing even if Do not disturb mode is enabled (SDK fix)

[4.6.9] - 2022-05-30

Fixed

• ANR when screen turns OFF/ON while app is in foreground
• Crash due to missing CoreContext instance in TelecomManager service
• One-to-One encrypted chat room creation if it already exists
• Crash if ConnectionService feature isn't supported by the device

Changed

• Updated translations from Weblate
• Improved audio devices logs

[4.6.8] - 2022-05-23

Fixed

• Crash due to missing CoreContext in CoreService
• Crash in BootReceiver if auto start is disabled
• Other crashes

[4.6.7] - 2022-05-04

Changed

• Do not start Core in Application, prevents service notification from appearing by itself
• When switching from bluetooth or headset device to earpiece/speaker, also change microphone
• Prevent empty chat bubble by sending only space character(s)

Fixed

• Phone numbers with non-ASCII labels missing from address book
• Wrong audio device displayed in call statistics
• Various issues from Crashlytics

[4.6.6] - 2022-04-26

Changed

• Prevent requests to LIME X3DH & long term presence servers when not using a sip.linphone.org account
• Updated DE & RU translations
• Improved UI on landscape tablets

Fixed

• Catching exceptions in new ContactsLoader reported on PlayStore
• Missing phone numbers in contacts when label contains a space character (5.1.24 SDK fix)
• Prevent app from starting by itself due to DummySyncService
• Hide chat rooms settings not working properly

[4.6.5] - 2022-04-11

Changed

• Only display phone number if it matches SIP address username
• Using new MagicSearch API to improve contacts list performances

Fixed

• Prevent concurrent exception while loading native address book contacts

[4.6.4] - 2022-04-06

Added

• Set video information in CallStyle incoming call notification

Changed

• Massive rework of how native contacts from address book are handled to improve performances
• Only display phone number from LDAP search result if it matches SIP address' username

Fixed

• Do not use CallStyle notification on Samsung devices, they are currently displayed badly
• Fixed microphone muted when starting a new call if microphone was muted at the end of the previous one
• Added LDAP contact display name to SIP address
• Prevent read-only 1-1 chat room
• Fixed chat room last updated time not updated sometimes

[4.6.3] - 2022-03-08

Added

• Improvements in contacts matching

Changed

• "Operation in progress" spinner hidden when contacts display/filter takes less than 200ms

Fixed

• Contacts order when multiple address book contacts share the same number / SIP address
• Wrongly formatted phone numbers not displayed anymore
• Incoming call activity not displayed on LineageOS sometimes
• Various crashes related to Telecom Manager exceptions not being caught

[4.6.2] - 2022-03-01

Added

• Request BLUETOOTH_CONNECT permission on Android 12+ devices, if not we won't be notified when a BT device is being connected/disconnected while app is alive.
• LDAP settings if SDK is built with OpenLDAP (requires 5.1.1 or higher linphone-sdk), will add contacts if any
• SIP addresses & phone numbers can be selected in history & contact details view
• Text can be selected in file viewer & config viewer
• Prevent screen to turn off while recording a voice message

Changed

• Contacts lists now show LDAP contacts if any

Fixed

• Negative gain in audio settings is allowed again
• STUN server URL setting not enabling it for non sip.linphone.org accounts
• Contacts list header case comparison
• Stop voice recording playback when sending chat message
• Call activity not finishing when hanging up sometimes
• Auto start setting disabled not working if background mode setting was enabled

[4.6.1] - 2022-02-14

Fixed

• Quit button not working when background mode was enabled
• Crash when background mode was enabled and service notification channel was disabled
• Crashes while changing audio route
• Crash while fetching contacts
• Crash when rotating the device (SDK fix)

[4.6.0] - 2022-02-09

Added

• Reply to chat message feature (with original message preview)
• Swipe action on chat messages to reply / delete
• Voice recordings in chat feature
• Allow video recording in chat file sharing
• Unread messages indicator in chat conversation that separates read & unread messages
• Notify incoming/outgoing calls on bluetooth devices using self-managed connections from telecom manager API (disables SDK audio focus)
• Ask Android to not process what user types in an encrypted chat room to improve privacy, see IME_FLAG_NO_PERSONALIZED_LEARNING
• SIP URIs in chat messages are clickable to easily initiate a call
• New video call UI on foldable device like Galaxy Z Fold
• Setting to automatically record all calls
• When using a physical keyboard, use left control + enter keys to send message
• Using CallStyle notifications for calls for devices running Android 12 or newer
• New fragment explaining generic SIP account limitations contrary to sip.linphone.org SIP accounts
• Link to Weblate added in about page

Changed

• UI has been reworked around SlidingPane component to better handle tablets & foldable devices
• No longer scroll to bottom of chat room when new messages are received, a new button shows up to do it and it displays conversation's unread messages count
• Animations have been replaced to use com.google.android.material.transition ones
• Using new Unified Content API to share files from keyboard (or other sources)
• Received messages are now trimmed
• Bumped dependencies, gradle updated from 4.2.2 to 7.0.2
• Target Android SDK version set to 31 (Android 12)
• Splashscreen is using new APIs
• SDK updated to 5.1.0 release
• Updated translations

Fixed

• Chat notifications disappearing when app restarts
• "Infinite backstack", now each view is stored (at most) once in the backstack
• Voice messages / call recordings will be played on headset/headphones instead of speaker, if possible
• Going back to the dialer when pressing back in a chat room after clicking on a chat message notification
• Missing international prefix / phone number in assistant after granting permission
• Display issue for incoming call notification preventing to use answer/hangup actions on some Xiaomi devices (like Redmi Note 9S)
• Missing foreground service notification for background mode

Removed

• Launcher Activity has been replaced by Splash Screen API
• Dialer will no longer make DTMF sound when pressing digits
• Launcher activity
• Global push notification setting in Network, use the switch in each Account instead
• No longer need to monitor device rotation and give information to the Core, it does it by itself

[4.5.6] - 2021-11-08

Changed

• SDK updated to 5.0.49

[4.5.5] - 2021-10-28

Changed

• SDK updated to 5.0.45

[4.5.4] - 2021-10-19

Changed

• SDK updated to 5.0.38

Fixed

• Side menu not showing the newly configured account until next start

[4.5.3] - 2021-10-04

Added

• Russian translation

Changed

• SDK updated to 5.0.31

Fixed

• AccountSettingsViewModel leak causing number of REGISTER to grow

[4.5.2] - 2021-08-27

Added

• Added a contact cache at app level
• Glide cache cleared on low memory

Changed

• Fixed encrypted file export when VFS is enabled
• Fixed in-app video player size when VFS is enabled
• Fixed background mode setting
• Fixed proximity sensor during calls
• Fixed missing notification for missed call when call history view is active
• Fixed shortcuts on launcher
• Fixed a few memory leaks
• Fixed various crashes & other issues
• SDK bumped to 5.0.10

[4.5.1] - 2021-07-15

Changed

• Bugs & crashes have been fixed
• SDK bumped to 5.0.1

[4.5.0] - 2021-07-08

This version is a full rewrite of the app in kotlin, using modern Android components like navigation, viewmodel, databinding, coroutines, etc...

Added

• Using linphone SDK 5.0 API to better handle audio route (see linphone-sdk changelog)
• All files used by the app can now be encrypted for more security (VFS setting)
• In-app file viewers for PDFs, images, videos, sounds and texts
• Ephemeral messages
• Messages can be forwarded between chat rooms
• Numpad can be displayed in outgoing call view if the call has early media
• Can display multiple files in the same chat bubble
• Display video in recordings if available
• "Swipe left to delete" action available on calls history, contacts & chat rooms list
• "Swipe right" to mark a chat room as read
• Android 11 people & conversation compliant
• New animations between fragments and for unread chat messages / missed calls counters (can be disabled)
• Bubble & conversation support for chat message notifications
• Direct share support for chat room shortcuts
• Option to mark messages as read when dismissing the notification
• More settings are available
• Call view can be displayed in full-screen
• Display phone number label (home, work, etc...) in contacts' details

Changed

• Call history view groups call from the same SIP URI (like linphone-iphone)
• Reworked conference (using new linphone-sdk APIs)
• Route audio to headset / headphones / bluetooth device automatically when available
• Send logs / Reset logs buttons moved from About page to Advanced Settings like iOS
• Improved how Android native contacts are used
• Switched to material design for text input fields & switches
• Launcher shortcuts can be to either contacts or chat rooms
• Improved preview when sharing video files through the chat
• UI changes

Removed

• "back-to-call" button from dialer & chat views, use notification or overlay (see call settings for in-app/system-wide overlay)
• Don't ask for "Do not disturb settings" permission anymore
• Previous translations, starting again from scratch using Weblate instead of Transifex

[4.4.0] - 2021-03-29

Added

• Dedicated notification channel for missed calls

Changed

• SDK updated to 4.5.0
• Min Android version updated from 21 to 23 (Android 6) due to SDK audio routes feature
• Rely on SDK audio routes feature instead of doing it in the application
• User can now check incoming messages delivery status in group chat rooms
• Asking user to read and accept privacy policy and general terms
• Updated translations
• Various crashes & issues fixed

[4.3.1] - 2020-09-25

Fixed

• Added phoneCall foregroundServiceType for Android Q and newer
• Contact sorting when first character has an accent

Changed

• SDK updated to 4.4.2
• Updated translations

[4.3.0] - 2020-06-23

Added

• Forward message between chat rooms

Changed

• Files from chat messages are now stored in a private space and will be deleted when the message or room will be deleted
• SDK updated to 4.4 version
• Fixed ANRs
• Fixed various issues

[4.2.3] - 2020-03-03

Changed

• Fixed various crashes
• Updated SDK to 4.3.3

[4.2.2] - 2020-02-24

Changed

• Fixed various issues
• Updated SDK to 4.3.1
• Removed AAudio plugin for now (we have observed quality issues on some popular devices with their latest updates)

[4.2.1] - 2020-01-13

Changed

• Fixed various issues

[4.2.0] - 2019-12-09

Added

• Added shortcuts to contacts' latest chat rooms
• Improved device's do not disturb policy compliance
• Added sample application to help developpers getting started with our SDK
• Added picture in picture feature if supported instead of video overlay
• Added camera preview as dialer's background on tablets
• Contact section in the settings
• Using new AAudio & Camera2 frameworks for better performances (if available)
• Android 10 compatibility
• New plugin loader to be compatible with app bundle distribution mode
• Restart service if foreground service setting is on when app is updated
• Change bluetooth volume while in call if BT device connected and used

Changed

• Improved performances to reduce startup time
• Call statistics are now available for each call & conference
• Added our own devices in LIME encrypted chatrooms' security view
• No longer display incoming call activity from Service, instead use incoming call notification with full screen intent
• Improved reply notification when replying to a chat message from the notification
• License changed from GPLv2 to GPLv3
• Switched from MD5 to SHA-256 as password protection algorithm

[4.1.0] - 2019-05-03

Added

• End-to-end encryption for instant messaging, for both one-to-one and group conversations.
• Video H.265 codec support, based on android MediaCodec.
• Enhanced call and IM notifications, so that it is possible to answer, decline, reply or mark as read directly from them.
• Setting to request attachments to be automatically downloaded, unconditionnally or based on their size.
• Possibility to send multiple attachments (images, documents) in a same message.
• Possibility to share multiple images through Linphone from an external application (ex: photo app)
• Rich input from keyboard (images, animated gifs...) when composing messages.
• Rendering of animated gifs in conversations.
• Button to invite contacts to use Linphone by sending them a SMS.
• Possibility to record calls (audio only), and replay them from the "Recordings" menu.
• Remote provisioning from a QR code providing the http(s) url of a provisioning server.
• Option for a dark theme

Changed

• Compilation procedure is simplified: a binary SDK containing dependencies (liblinphone) is retrieved automatically from a Maven repository. Full compilation remains absolutely supported. Please check local README.md for more details.
• Updated translations, mainly French and English.
• Call history view shows last calls for a given contact.
• Improved ergonomy of answer/decline buttons, including accessibility support.
• Enhanced user interface, including new icons, cleanups of unused graphical resources.
• Contact view is faster thanks to an asynchronous fetching.
• Adaptive icon for Android 8+.
• Video overlay now also shows local view.
• Reworked settings view, cleanup of useless settings.
• About section links to full GPLv2 license text.

Deprecated

• The video rendering method based on GL2JNIView is deprecated in favour of TextureView, which is easier to use. Please read this article for more information.

Fixed

• One to one text conversations mixed up when initiated from differents SIP accounts.

[4.0.1] - 2018-06-26

Fixed

• fix loading of plugins
• fix issue with video stream, not started when receiving an incoming call just after the app is launched
• fix issue with TURN

[4.0.0] - 2018-06-15

Added

• Group chat between linphone.org SIP accounts.
• new JAVA/JNI wrapper. This new wrapper is automatically generated from liblinphone C API. It breaks compatibility with previous, hand-made wrapper. (more information about new wrapper here. )

Deprecated

• hand-made java API in submodules/linphone/java is deprecated. However it is still possible to use it by checking out the 3.4.x branch of linphone-android.

Fixed

• issue with changing push notification token not passed to library, possibly resulting in a loss of incoming calls.

[3.3.0] - 2017-10-18

Added

• Integration with Android O
• New video adaptive bitrate algorithm(More informations here)

Changed

• Application is no more managing in-call wakelock, it's now managed by the library

Fixed

• Crashs in new chat view
• Contacts management
• Random crash in chatroom
• Improve chats list loading time

[3.2.7] - 2017-05-15

Fixed

• Crash with devices X86 on Android < 5

[3.2.6] - 2017-04-10

Added

• Notification of message reading on chat
• New permission to kill linphone app

Fixed

• Crash with firebase push
• Problems with contacts

[3.2.5] - 2017-03-06

Added

• Doze mode(energy saving) button in Network settings

Changed

• Migrate Linphone build from ANT to gradle
• No pause VOIP Call on incoming GSM call until we off hook this
• Subscription friends list enabled by default only for linphone domain

Fixed

• Rotation after screen locking
• Contacts background task
• No more asking phone number for non-linphone domain
• Bug with Linphone credential login

[Unreleased]

Added

• Lime integration

[3.2.4] - 2017-01-19

Fixed

• Some crashs
• Some UI bugs

[3.2.3] - 2017-01-11

Fixed

• Somes crashs

Changed

• Improved performance of contacts loading

[3.2.2] - 2017-01-04

Fixed

• Some bug with the download of OpenH264 for Android < 5.1
• Some crashs

Changed

• Disable AAC codecs

[3.2.1] - 2016-11-24

Added

• Open H264 binary download for ARM Android < 5.1

Fixed

• Crashes for x86 CPU at starting
• Crashes in somes view in cause of bad locale time
• Crashes in contacts view if we don't have permission

[3.2.0] - 2016-11-10

Added

• Change your password in your account settings

Changed

• Media H264 support improved for Android >= 5.1
• Optimize memory footprint and performance of contacts list an IM view

Fixed

• Crashes Android 6/7 at starting
• Permissions issues
• Layout of tablet views